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Mom, the financial controller of the house, nurturer, life partner, and career focused. In the old days, this is how it worked. Dad, or Mom’s partner, went out to work everyday, bringing home a packet of cash at the end of the week. The money was div...
DATE: May 07, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Although the formal dissolution of the United Bermuda Party won’t take place until Tuesday, the UBP effectively shut down this week, and did so not with a bang but a whimper.
In many ways, this is bittersweet, and it would be wrong not to acknowledg...
DATE: May 06, 2011
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Editorials
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“Unity or agreement of feeling or action, (especially) among individuals with common interest” (Definition of ‘solidarity’ by the Oxford English Dictionary)
When recently stopping by my office in Hamilton, I had to step carefully, since there was a ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
The Royal Gazette’s exclusive interview last week with Henry Bellingham, the UK Minister responsible for British Overseas Territories, suggests that relations between the Island the UK are improving.
The Conservative Party, the senior partner in the...
DATE: Apr 14, 2011
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Editorials
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March 23, 2011
Dear Sir,
For quite some time now I have been giving politics in Bermuda a great deal of thought, especially the notion of improving it for the benefit of the electorate. My conclusion is that Bermuda and her people would be better ser...
DATE: Apr 07, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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February 22, 2011
Dear Sir,
I would like to respond to the letter submitted by “SUVs Should RIP” in today's Gazette (February 22, 2011). RIP, I find your letter to be as ignorant as it is offensive. Clearly you have no idea why some people need to u...
DATE: Mar 10, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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On the eve of the August, 1995 independence referendum, then-United Bermuda Party MP Wayne Furbert and I chatted outside of Number 1 Shed, where inside a capacity crowd of some 1,000 Bermudians exuberantly expressed their support for statehood. Again...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
There have been some interesting studies posted by various investment and planning firms on the status of comfort level of women with their finances and the advisers that they may work with. Google the description to see the results.
Ladies, particu...
DATE: Jan 22, 2011
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
Are we all complicit?
January 7, 2011
Dear Sir,
We opposed apartheid in South Africa because it was a disgracefully racist, unjust system. We managed to force industries, banks and businesses to stop doing business with South Africa. The dismantling ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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Letters to the Editor
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Government's plans to review the Civil Service for the first time in more than a decade is welcome news.
There's much to commend in the Civil Service and its traditional values, especially its apolitical position and the expertise that the best civi...
DATE: Dec 23, 2010
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Editorials
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